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denote /dɪˈnəʊt /verb [with object]1Be a sign of; indicate: this mark denotes purity and quality...- Kildare County Council has agreed to erect signs denoting the twinning of Kildare with French town Corps Nuds.
- The council has carried out risk assessments on all restricted areas and has reopened nearly three-quarters of the pathways - identified by a pink sign denoting a right of way.
- It is signed P O'Neill denoting official sanction.
Synonyms designate, indicate, be a sign of, be a mark of, signify, signal, symbolize, represent, stand for, mean; typify, characterize, distinguish, mark, identify literary bespeak, betoken suggest, point to, be evidence of, smack of, conjure up, bring to mind, indicate, show, reveal, demonstrate, intimate, imply, connote, convey, give away, betray informal spell literary bespeak 1.1Stand as a name or symbol for: the level of output per firm is denoted by X...- Next, each species or cultivar has a list of nurseries that sell it, with symbols denoting new entries, synonyms, awards of merit, variegation and so on.
- For the second quarter in a row, the company has had an ‘e’ placed after its trading symbol, denoting a late filing of accounts.
- In Courchevel, pay attention to the numbers after the name (which denote the height in metres).
UsageFor an explanation of the difference between denote and connote, see connote (usage). Derivativesdenotative /dɪˈnəʊtətɪv / adjective ...- Provocations include not only the lack of grammar, but highly disjunctive and often obscure use of line breaks which abandon denotative and connotative functions of words in favour of half swallowed or choked sounds.
- Stories are never just arguments; they work most effectively by being neither didactic nor definitive: they attract and hold our attention because they are connotative not denotative.
- A focus on language, connotative and denotative meaning, is especially important in the cultural adaptation process.
OriginLate 16th century (in the sense 'be a sign of, mark out'): from French dénoter or Latin denotare, from de- 'away, thoroughly' + notare 'observe, note' (from nota 'a mark'). |